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B2.0 Bus/Device Controllers

B2.1 CardBus/PCMCIA Controllers and Devices

B2.1.1 CardBus/PCMCIA Controllers and Devices - Windows Compatibility

B2.1.1.1 Windows XP/Windows 2000: : “PCMCIA_INTERFACE_STANDARD Interface Memory Card Routines” in the Windows DDK

B2.1.1.2 Windows 98/Me: "PCMCIA Device Drivers" in the Windows Me DDK

B2.1.1.3 Windows compatibility and implementation notes (general)

B2.1.1.4 CardBus Host Controllers and Windows Compatibility

B2.1.1.5 PC Card Voltage Requirements for Windows Operating Systems

B2.1.1.6 Windows XP/Windows 2000: Legacy PCI Interrupt Routing and CardBus in Windows 2000

B2.1.1.7 Windows 98/Me: Explanation of CardBus Registry Entries in Pcmcia.inf

B2.1.2 CardBus/PCMCIA Controllers and Devices - Industry Standards

B2.1.2.1 PC Card Controller Device Class Power Management Reference Specification, V. 2.0

B2.1.2.2 PC Card Standard Guidelines

B2.1.2.3 PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification for PCI-to-CardBus Bridges

Provided in Volume 11, PC Card Standard, Release 7, http://www.pcmcia.org/bookstore.htm.

B2.1.2.4 PCI to PCMCIA CardBus Bridge Register Description

B2.1.3 CardBus/PCMCIA Controllers and Devices - Quality

B2.1.3.1 Pass WHQL tests

B2.1.4 CardBus/PCMCIA Controllers and Devices - Windows Experience

B2.1.4.1 Controller complies with industry standards and Windows-compatible configuration

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  Exchangeable Card Architecture register set. [PCCard-3; SYS-0024]
  
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  CardBus bridges. [PCCard-7; SYS-0024; see also FAQ B2.1.5.4]
  
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  ISA and PCI interrupts. [PCCard-6; SYS-0024; see FAQ B2.1.5.2]
  
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  Writeable PCI Configuration Space bits are not shared. [PCCard-9; SYS-0024]
  
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  Each 16-bit PC Card memory window has it own page register. [PCCard-10; SYS-0024]
  

B2.1.4.2 CardBus cards are configured correctly

B2.1.4.3 16-bit PC Cards are configured correctly; driver supports sharing of level-mode interrupts

B2.1.4.4 No user intervention; no system restart occurs when installing devices, except when required by the operating system

B2.1.4.5 ZV-compatible 16-bit PC Cards comply with ZV standard definitions, and driver uses DirectDraw VPE

B2.1.4.6 CardBus controller designed to support wake-from-D3cold supports PME# assertion from D3cold, and socket supplies Vaux power to cards in D3cold state

B2.1.5 CardBus/PCMCIA Controllers and Devices - FAQs

B2.1.5.1 Current PC Card/CardBus FAQs

B2.1.5.2 CardBus controllers support ISA and PCI interrupts [Clarification]

To ensure that the Windows operating system can correctly assign ISA IRQs to 16-bit PC Cards, A CardBus controller with parallel ISA IRQ mode must have all ISA IRQs pins, except IRQ 0 (timer), 1 (keyboard), 6 (floppy), 8 (CMOS), and 13 (math coprocessor).

It is recommended that system vendors using parallel ISA IRQ mode always connect ISA IRQs 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and not cross wire them.

For vendors using serialized IRQ mode, the above is not relevant because they only need to connect the serial IRQ pin, and the ISA IRQ information will be sent to the PCI chip set serially; the ISA IRQ information can specify any of IRQ 0-15.

B2.1.5.3 Windows 2000: CardBus controllers and PCI bus power management [Clarification]

CardBus cards (which are by definition PCI devices) must comply with PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, Revision 1.1 or later, in order for power management to be implemented properly under Windows XP/Windows 2000, which uses PME# as the wake-up signal. This is the only industry specification that ensures compatibility with the power management capabilities of Windows XP/Windows 2000.

B2.1.5.4 PC Card Bridge header types [Correction]

B2.1.R CardBus/PCMCIA Controllers and Devices - Future Requirements